what did you and your mk3 leon do today

jka

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Cellink neo installed, and now plasti-dip’ng the S badges front and back

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Badges look good, how long does the plasti-dip last on the front do you think.

Just for my info do you replace your old battery or is the Cellink neo an additional one.
 

jka

Cupra 300 DSG
Mar 27, 2017
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Sweden
Badges look good, how long does the plasti-dip last on the front do you think.

Just for my info do you replace your old battery or is the Cellink neo an additional one.

Ty, Will report back on the durability, put on about 8 layers so far.. another option is to put on duracoat but then its permanent and then some.

I did use plastidip on my rims when i had my Renault RS... those hold up well, even carwash.

(Duracoat Paint is used in the militery to coat guns, paint mixed with epoxy)

I am just using the cellink as a battery when im parked, then charge that via ciggarette outlet



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Damo H

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When I did my main grill in it, on the MINI, it was still going strong when I sold the car 5 years later. In fact the latest owner only just swapped it back to a standard grill to sell the car, it appears he's kept it for another MINI of his.

I don't remember sanding my grill when I did it, it was part chrome, part painted.

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GrayT

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I plastipped the front orange reflectors on my Mazda 6 mps (they were just that - reflectors not indicators). Only had 3 coats and being at the front would have been prone to weather and grit. I also had occasional roller washes and plenty of jet washes. Good as new after 5 years. It's a very good product.
 

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So.... I've had a DTUK CRD3+ tuning box on my 184 Fr for a while now, and as anyone that's had one will testify, they transform the car like no other mod BUT..... they are incredibly frustrating as they quite often throw a coil light and put the car into limp mode, which for me means 60 miles of struggling not to get hit by lorries on fast A roads and Motorways.... so its a love/hate relationship. I love it when it works, but I hate it with a passion any other time... ill often take it out completely, vowing never to ever put it back on, but then I give in...

Anyways, DTUK are pretty useless at giving anyone any actual advise on what to do to try and combat this well documented phenomenon (its common on all the 184 engines from VW/Audi/SEAT and Skoda), usually spouting some spurious nonsense about 'each engine is different' and 'well it never did it on our test mule' etc..

So I've had to do a bit of digging myself about why it happens, mainly after a very frustrating week where the car just cut out at a roundabout, coil light on, and wouldn't restart, cue trying to push it and steer with no power assistance etc (we've all been there in our youth when we drove sh1tboxes, but I don't expect to have to do it in a 3 year old car) and it is not only annoying, its downright dangerous. Its absolutely 100% the fault of the tuning box, which seems to have been mapped in such a way that the standard boost sensor reports an error which locks down the whole system. even removing the box doesn't clear the fault... the only way is to either let the car cycle through a number of ignition on/off's (and there is no way to try and do this yourself as it seems random how long it takes) or to plug in a laptop via VCDS and clear the DTC'.s Even using this last approach I cleared down the DTC's last week, started the car, pulled off the drive and the coil light went, leaving me stranded blocking the middle of the road outside my own house...

Its worth pointing out that I bought the unit second hand from here (it came with the receipt), and that I have tried running with a large combinations of all the different settings (1, 2, 3, +1, +2 etc)....

So I have now purchased a brand new boost sensor and have fitted that and put the box back on set on 1 + 1 and will see how long it lasts for....

So.. a week on and the car has been fine, even in this weather... so tonight ill try 1 +2 and see how we go
1 +1 has been ok, but lacks the punch I'm used to
 

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Pew do they make much noise in the car when fitted.

After driving on 60/70 roads today for a few miles I can't honestly say they have been removed and are now in the boot.

Up to 40, fine but anything over and the quicker you go up to 70/80 and the noise is the same as having Aircon on full.

I removed and replaced did them just incase, same so they're in the boot.
 

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Thanks for the feedback, this is what i saw on the MK2 Thread which is why I asked.
 

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Just arrived back from 3 days away in N.Yorks, 370 miles average just on 50mpg, well pleased with that. Car ran very well, now up to 1800 miles and enjoying the car more and more.


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Thanks for the feedback, this is what i saw on the MK2 Thread which is why I asked.
I never found the ones I had in my Mark 2 noisy at all. But heard they’re noisy on the mk3.

After driving on 60/70 roads today for a few miles I can't honestly say they have been removed and are now in the boot.

Up to 40, fine but anything over and the quicker you go up to 70/80 and the noise is the same as having Aircon on full.

I removed and replaced did them just incase, same so they're in the boot.
What brand did you get?
 

Pew.

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It's a shame really, I had them on my MK4 Ibiza Cupra and they didn't make a sound. Looking on VW and Audi forums it appears to be a bigger issues on models from circa 2013 onwards
 
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